Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
THESEwM wMANCHEsrER RAILWAY
Their Petition Favorabiy Reported
Upon-Other Manchester Items.


Upon-o other Manchester Items.
A called meeting of the Manchester
City Council was held at 8 o'clock last
night. Present Messrs. j. r. Perdue
(pfesident), b. A. Faulconer, A. G..
Jones. G. A. Jones. Hugh L. Kidd, E..
W. Weisiger, William Walsh, George
Q. Ely, John Perry, John OBrien, and
James Hewlett. The president stated
that the meeting had been called to
consider the report OF the Committee
on Streets on the petition Of the Man
chester Railway and improvement
Company.
The readers Of the Dispatch are fa-
miliar with the facts connected With
this case. When the petition asking
that the company be granted permis-
sion to construct ond operate a street
railway on certain Manchester streets
was presented at the regular meeting OF
the Council on the night of April Sth
its substance was published and our
readers have been kept posted as to
what hns since occurred.
The report of the committee, which
was quite lengthy paper, covering
about fifteen pages OF legal-cap, was
read. 1t recommends that the prayer OF
the petitioner be granted that the COM
pany be given exclusive right of way
over the streets upon which their tracks
are to be laid SO long as they con-
tinue to serve the pnblic with line OF
cars. Work is to begin In twelve
months, unless the time shall be here
after extended, and is to be prosecuted
and completed under the supervision of
the Street Committee, and in such
time as the committee shall fix. The
company shall be exempt from taxation
for ten years.
Under the city ordinance relating to
street railways it is provided that re-
port of this character shall lie over until
the next meeting after the one at which
it is presented before any action is taken
on it. Consequently this one, after
some informal conversation, took that
course. and the Council adjourned.
In addition to the route that has
already been published the committee
authorizes the company to run spur
tracks on Tenth street from Decatur to
Hull, and on Bainbridge street from
Twelfth to Thirteenth-these to be
under the control of the Council at all
timee. 1t is proposed to allow the
company to construct q double track
, On the wide streets and single one on
the narrow ones.
The only case of interest tried in the
Hastings Court yesterday was that oi
the colored woman Harriet Smith,
charged with stealing COW from a col
ored man named James Norman. The
COW. which was fed and MIXED at Nor.
mans house early one morning, wai
driven to Richmond and sold to q
butcher in the First market before noon
The woman was found guilty and SEN
to Jail for four months. The remainder
Of the day was consumed in the dispo
sition of civil business.
Mrs. Eliza j.. Saunders, who died IL
this city Monday, in the forty-seventl
year of her age, was an aflectionate viii
and mother, a consecrated Christian
lady. and died in the triumph of faith
MIR. NJ. G.. Bales, who recently dice
at his residence, in Gordonsville, i'll tn
forty-sixth year of his age, formerl.
lived here, and WIS an engineer on TIN
Danville road. He was a Christian
gentleman of sterling character, AM
by his fine disposition and genial man
ners won for himself many warn
friends, who deeply mourn his death
The colored woman, the wife o
Archer Hunt, who was badly burne'
Monday morning by the use of kero
sene oil in kindling fire, was doing a
well yesterday as could be expected
The oil-can exploded in her hand, an'
her arm was frightfully burned.
Interest in politics in the county IN
creases daily, and the candidates VIII
have opposition are actively at work.
Holland & Brother have begun ope
rations at their tannery, just completed
situated near the Petersburg railroa
in the upper portion of the city.
A few nights ago the premises o
Mr.. T.. b. Roberts, on Porter stree
above Eleventh, were visited by thieves
and next morning there were som
chickens missing.
Rev. Thomas Needham, the evange
list, preached an eloquent sermon to
large congregation at the Bainbridgt
Street Baptist church last night. Muc
interest was manifested, and there wer
two professions of conversion. Nj
Needham breaches again tonight.
The amateur band practices almos
nightly in the firemen's hall, over tn
Council chamber, and last night it CAV
the City Fathers an overhead serenad
while they were considering the stree
railway question.